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Rhaphidophora decursiva

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Schott

Common Names

• Shingle Plant
• Pa shu long (Pinyin)
• Ko kut pon (Laos)
• Kot pha (Laso)
• Re la pa (Moï)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• SE. Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• N. Thailand
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Rainforest
• mixed forest
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China)
• Sep Summer
• Sep-Oct (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• Following Jul-Sep (China)

Very large, perennial evergreen robust epiphytic root climber or creeper to 20m+. Coriaceous pinnatifid leaves to 1000mm x 500mm. Axillary solitary inflorescence to 200mm x 35mm, grey-green spadix to 160mm x 30mm, 200mm x 120mm yellow spathe, flowers 5mm across, Infructescence to 200mm x 55mm, fruit pale-green to yellow berry to 18mm x 5mm

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• RHS A-Z
• net
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew
• Academia